Automatic identification-fender for automobiles.



C. POSSENTI. AUTOMATIC l'UENzTlFIOAIlO-N FENDER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION EX LED APR.1.9. I917.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918,.

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C. POSSENTI.

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION FENDER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.l9.19$7

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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CINNA POSSENTI, OF NEW Z0353, 2.

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION-FENDER FOR AETGMQBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April in, 191?. serial 310. 183389;.

To all clwm z't may concern:

Be it known that I, CINNA Possnn'rr, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Automatic Identification-Fenders for Automobiles; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a struction adapted to bereadily. applied to to appended;

various types of cars and capable of being used in connection with orindependently of the ordinary fender and adapted, in event of anaccident or the fender coniingin con tact with aperson or other object,to automatically release the license of'the car and cause the same tofall upon the ground so that it will be imposible for a car to strike aperson or other object with its fender without being fully identified,whereby reckless driving will be reduced to a minimum.

With these andother objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated" in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claimshere it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion,size and minor details of construction, Within the scope of the claims,may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention. 1

' In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a car provided with an automaticidentification fender constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the license and the fender.

Fig. 4C is a. vertical sectional view illustrating the means for'hinging the movable supporting barand the means for maintaining thejaws of the holding device normally'closed.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view illus- -may be zh'ranged to tratingthe construction of the fastening means for securing the device to acar.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinalsectional view. Fig. Z is a sectional Viewshowing the device applied to another form of fender bar. one of theclip Fig. 8 is a detail view of plates.

Fig. 9 isa detail sectional view of one of the hinges for connecting thesupportingbars or members.

Like numerals of reference responding parts in the several the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, the automatic identification fender, forautomobiles and various other motor vehicles, comprises in its construc:tion a relatively fixed supporting bar 1 adapted to be mounted on anordinary fender 2 by means of brackets 3 and having plurality ofperforations 4; adapted to receive' integral studs or pins 5 of thebrackets, whereby the adjustable bar and the brackets figures of forsupporting the device in position. The brackets may be secured to thefender 2 by fastening means, such as clips 6 which are adapted toembrace the ordinary fender, as shown, means may of course be employed.

' The relatively fixed supporting bar is pro vided with hinge elements 7adapted to engage hinge elements 8 of a relatively movable supportingbar 9 extending longitudibars are provided at their central portionswith depending jaws or clamping'members 11 and 12 having inwardlyextending lower edges orfianges 13 and 1& adapted to engage weighted,heads 15 of a license 16. The license 16 is in the form of 'a plate ofthe ordinary construction and it is provided desi nate corbut any othersuitable fastening racemes Mar. 19, rats.

' suit the width of a car, the length of the tender orthe other means.

hinge elements 8 and which are retained v dropping it into the same.

i sired and the license is to a sudden stopping of. the machine or andinwardly and permit with the weighted heads 15 having attaching flanges17 which are riveted or otherwise secured to the license. The jaws orclamping members 11 and l2vcxtcnd below the lower edges of thesupporting bars and the pintlcs or pivots 18 of the hinges of the saidsupporting bars are locatedcbelow the longitudinal centers of the sameso that the relatively movable supporting bar, which carries a fenderbar 19, is adapted to operate as a 'lever to open the .jaws or clampingmembers and release the license and permit. the same to fall should thecome in contact with a person or other object. The jaws are maintainednormally closed by springs 20 having their terminals 21 and 22 securedThe heads 15 of the license plates are round adapted to swing incidentstarting of the same without liability of the heads 15 becomingdisengaged from the clamping jaws or members. on the license will causethe same to drop quickly when the fender bar comes in contact with anobject and when the said fender bar strikes a person or other object itis forced inwardly or rearwardly, thereby opening the clamping jaws ormembers against the action of the springs and releasing the heads 15.The inwardly extending flanges are inclined downwardly the license todrop instantly the jaws or clamping members are opened. The flanges 12are provided at their ends with lugs or stops 23 adapted to prevent thelicense from moving-longitudinally out of engagement with the jaws orclamping members. As the space between the longitudinal supporting barsis open at the top the license may be readily introduced into theelamping device from the top by It will thus be clear that it will beimpossible for an automobile or other motor vehicle equipped with theimproved other object and escape without detection, as the license willfall and it will be necessary for the machine to stop and recover thelicense which will indicate the owner of the machine should he fail tostop.

The fender bar 19, which may be straight or curved, is secured to themovable supporting bar by suitable clamps 24 of any deconstruction andit is located a consid-v erable distance above the horizontal plane ofthe pivotal points 'of the movable suportin bar so that the 'aws ormembers are fender bar 19 I in perforations of the fixed and relativelymovable supporting bars The weights device to strike a person or'license at the front of the machine in a conspicuous position besidesautomatically drop ping the license when the fender is forced rearwardlyor inwardly by coming in con tact with a person or other object.

When the device is applied to a tubulai rectangular fender'bar :25,suitable jaws 26 having recesses 27- to fit the corners of tilt fenderbar 25, will be employed.

What is claimed is:,

1. An automatic identification fender including a clamp having jaws ormembers arranged to extend along and engage a license at the topthereof, and a fender bai connected with the clamp and adapted tc openthe same when the fender comes in contact with a personor other object,and means for yieldably maintaining the clamp nor top, thereof, meansfor securing the rela-v tively fixed member to a machine, means fornormally holding the said members in engagement with a license, and afender bar connected with the relatively movable member and arranged toopen the same when the .fender bar comes in contact with an object.

3. An automatic identification fender, including relatively fixed andmovable supporting bars hinged together and having means for engaging alicense for supporting the same, springs connecting the bars formaintaining the said means in engagement with the license, and meansforsecuring the relatively fixed bar to a machine, and a fender barmounted onthe relatively movable bar and located beyond. the pivotalpoint of the same to form a lever for opening the said means toreleasethe license.-

4:. An automatic identification fender including spaced fixed andrelatively movable supporting bars hinged together and provided withdepending jaws or clamping members adapted to engage a license forsupporting the same, a fender bar mounted on the movable supporting barabove the point of hinging of the same, springs .connecting thesupporting bars, and means for mounting the relatively fixed supportingbar on a car.

5. An automatic identification fender including relatively fixed andmovable veupporting bars hinged together and provided with dependingjaws or clamping members having terminal lugs and adapted to engage alicense, means for yieldably maintaining the said jaws in engagementwith the license, and a fender bar mounted on the movable bar above thepoint of hinging of the same.

7 6. An automatic identification fender inmeager If -4 eluding fixed andmovable supporting memable member and adepted to open the jaws 10 bershinged together and provided with when it comes in contact with anObject.

- clamping j aws or members adapted to en- In testimony whereof I afi'lxmy signature gage a hcense, the fixed member bein pro in presence of twowitnesses. 5 vided at intervals with perforations, rack- I CINNAPOSSENTI ets having studs for enga ing the perforations, ,fasteningmeans or securing the. Witnesses:

brackets to an automobile or other motor ve- M. I. LEWIS,

hicle, and a fender bar carried by the mov- BENNE'IT S. J ONES.

